What is the easiest way to export a Docker container to VM
With the command docker commit you can create a image from a container, then put the image on your resgistry, and in Production use the command docker run to run the container with the new image. The new image will have all data inside.
Example:
On dev, get the id of your by
docker psdocker psCONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMESba8a9e9ecd1b Hbase/ex1 "/sbin/my_init" 12 days ago Up About a minute 0.0.0.0:80, 0.0.0.0:80 dev-cCreate a new image from the container
docker commit ba8a9e9ecd1b repo/new-imagePush you new image to registry
docker push repo/new-imageRun the container in Production
docker run -itd repo/new-image